480 Bc

• King Xerxes I of Persia sets out to conquer Greece.
• Cimon and his mates burn horse-bridles as offering to Athena and join marines
• August 11 Battle of Thermopylae.
• Pleistarchus succeeds his father Leonidas as king of Sparta.
• August Battle of Artemisium Persian fleet fights an inconclusive battle with the Greek allied fleet.
• September 23 Battle of Salamis.
• Persian invasion of Corfu.
• Battle of Himera The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon of Syracuse.

• Euripides, Greek playwright.
• Antiphon, Attic orator.
• Philolaus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (+ circa 405 BC) (estimated date).

• Leonidas and 300 Spartans (died at Thermopylae).
• Nabu-rimanni, Chaldean astronomer and mathematician (estimated date).

<< Previous Word Browser Next >>
famine babington plot dimensionless number power number milo forman antigua amartya sen barbuda 560s bc 570s bc 590s bc	600s bc 610s bc coconut 620s bc 630s bc 640s bc 650s bc 660s bc 670s bc 680s bc 690s bc	700s bc 710s bc dioxin 486 bc 430s bc history of the caribbean 420s bc history of central america 410s bc 46 bc 220	221 history of north america history of south america 390s bc 370s bc 380s bc 47 bc 45 bc 360s bc 350s bc 330s bc